People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) members on Wednesday called the government’s proposed 2018 budget unsympathetic to farmers and workers in the agriculture sector, while saying there is an absence of sufficient measures to cater for their development.
“First of all, we on this side of the House would like to convey our sympathies to the Minister of Agriculture. It is apparent that this sector, one of our fundamental pillars of our economy, is being marginalised year after year,” PPP/C member Dharamkumar Seeraj said during his budget debate presentation.
He pointed out that since the APNU+AFC government took office in 2015, there have been significant cuts to the sector.
And while government
